Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1887-12-13

tsiner Was accustomed 20 make mines.
me., Of hi. pupils youthful Efforts. and
was cruelty funk Ia bis criticisms. Oa
thi. occasion. kswe,sr. Augustus bore
the ordeal with edifing meesness. be-
ing entirely preoseupied With the mo-
mentous inquiries he desired to make.
When Mr.. Retainer. after good deal Of
eon,emp,uoas "pi'hing' and "Psh.~-
ins." accompanied by vicious scrs,ehinss
Of his broad nibbed pen. threw the doc.
umsnt aside. Augustus .id. rather
s~ksaidly:
"Ds you ,hiak the sill i ell right.
cir p
"Ali righ, No. of eoa,e no.. i,
requires TO bs entirely redra~n. You
might have saved your time and troable.
cir. ss veil {. mine = returned Mr. He
t.insr. quite ssvagely.
IL msan. do you think !, IL . hoax ?
eonilnaed Augustus. feeling very small
indeed
"Yoa know best, cir" exclaimed Mr..
Rst.insr. glsring - him.
IL was rsfening TO the Instructions,
Augustus hA,,ened TO e,Plsin. pointing
to the document.
There !. nothing the matter With the
Instructions" exclaimed Mr Rssainsr.
glazing q, Augustus.
III dare say not. ss far {. the solicitors
are conesrnsd-" Augusta, blurtsd out.
"Oae " the Oldest and most rs'pset.
able finn. In London." interrupted Mr..
Retainer indi isn.n,ly. "whs, on sarih
ate you dn,ins a. "
"wsll. l mean. do you think ,hs, the
iss,s,or has all the pIopsfiy to leave that
he .psAt. OF" ssid Augustus 10 desPef-
alton. IL have hssrd Of ea's' OF man
making ,ksm vii"
"No, through a firm like Tape *
P.rehmeEi," cried Mr. Ret.iaer. quite
,esEdsliz-d. "whs can have put such
. notion into your he.ds'
"No,hins. sxesp, that the ies,a,or
live. IN Camden To~n-HilIdrop cr,'-
esn,. know HilldrOp Crrscen, slight
ly." added Augustus hastily. They
are comparatively small houses aud the
n,ishboIhood is no, fashionable"
Sir. Retainer looked rather amused.
lie lsansd beck In his chair moment.
ard REGARDED Ausas,u, through hi' spec
,e!es .. though impressed by bis 'hre~d'
n,... Augustus did no, bear the 'eru.
tiny very well. for reasons that may be
imagined.
When you ATE older. Mr.. Nav. you
-ill learn ika, |, !, no, always safe 10
judge by appearances" be said. with .
smile.
Then you think. ,ir-"
"Do 70, alarm yourself" interrupted
Mr.. Retainer. turning imPslisnily 10 bis
-Ork. Mr.. Taps ,,plsined TO me The
eiiegm.latee, OF The case. IL issllr right.
Mr. Retainer dismissed Augustus With
a ned q. be finished speaking. aud the
en,,Ipnsins student lsi, the room with
bis doubts completely set at rect. i,
seemed that Mf. Retainer had private
r,,,on. for knowing ,hs, The ~ill was
Trustworthy. and be WAS no, = man given
TO js,iing. rot TO speaking wiihoG, prop
,r mean. of knowledge. Augustus,
therefore. resolved apon the spo' to OBJ
tain an introduction TO Mr. John Smith
without q moments delay.
This dill no, prove more difheul, than
be lad anticipated (; in fact. the d't'il'
of hi. eonquss, over the susceptible heart
of Mis- Ar.bells Smith are too common.
place to need d,,enbIrg. Suffice Il to
say that Assu.,u.s fascinating msnnsr'.
hi. fs.kionsbls attire. and bis peffofm.
sness upon the German flute combined
to render him irresistible.
The Smiths tanned on, TO be . re-
.pee,able family. without the lea', pre-
,sniion TO g,n,ility. l, v. ev'den, that
Augusta, VI, the nesrss, approach TO
ssn,lsmaa they hsd ever been sequsini'
cd with. ard their qualification si his Po'
lite attention. vi. undi'suised. NJ
doubt. the fec, ths, he very much e1ss'
ger.,,d the amount o. bis small fortune
assisted 10 facilitate hi. eoar,ship. Old
Mr.. Smith. from the onset. seemed con
ten, ~l,h the prOsPse, Of securing hin
for q .op.in.ls~; aud when Augustus
AFTER . comparatively short Acquaintance
ship. avowed bis passion for ArsoelI'
Smith. her father gave his consen, to tn
engagement without hesitation.
Augustus VAS naturally elA,ed by hii
success, though the naive vulssriiy o
Mi. Ar.bell. rather distressed him
Ba, %. seemed . good honss, sort o
girl-no, beautiful. certainly. yet fairly
pr.en,able. Compared with the .olit
feet that she wss sn heiress. her tihins
defects weighed very lightly With Angus
,us. The erumplsd ro'e-lesf which di.
turbsd bis hsppine's Was due to the om'
nous behavior Of . rival, Mr.. TIeodor'
Bi,ilsbone, whose attentions, until Au
gustus had appeared upon the scene
seemed to have been favorsbly reei'e'
by Miss Arsbells.
Mr.. Theodore Bri,,lsbone was a gaun
and gloomy youth, whose asocA'ion VA
som, thing in the hardware line. B',ts
enmi,y not unna,urslly sross between hin
aud Augustus. which resulted IN Mr.
Bi,,lebone being requested 6y old MI
Smith TO discontinue Dis Waits when Mls
ArsbellA's engagement was announced
Mr.. Bhl,letone accordingly withdrew hi
society, but he haunted the house like
shadow. lie wsylsid Augustus IN III
streets. seeos,ing him With mock polite
nes., and accusing him With irihing Wit
Miss Arabella's affections. OeessionsIl
his conduct became violent, and be one
actually challenged Augustus TO fight
out like . man beneath q lamPPosi.
Th. unruly behavior and Per'i,isn
persecution began TO prey upon 'h
nsrsss of Augustus, who. Ia addition |,
being . little man was no, addicted TO pa
gili.m. lie was painfully conscious ,hs
he vas no match for the belheose MI
BiuIebOne. and he was seriously sPpre
hsn,ive for his personal safety. Ba
~hst worried him even more wAs that hi
rival CAS-, doubt, upon the existence 0
oil Mr.. Smith. reputed wealth. Ap
plrsp,ly Mr.. Biulebone. rendsred keen
eyed BY JEALOUSY. OWNED the real esus